'IRAQ

education or to regard it as of secondary importance in the work
of regenerating the country. Nevertheless, only two primary
schools were established by the end of 1915, although subsidies
had been granted to the two institutions already mentioned.

TABLE I

Mam Headings
1915-16
1916-17
1917-18
1918-19
1919-20

Rupees
Rupees
Rupees
Rupees
Rupees

i Headquarters

Administra-

tive Expendi-

ture.*
5>54>230
11,83,425
24,18,253
33,9o,ioo
73,60,714

2 Political Offi-

cers, Revenue

Establish-

ments
5,48,892
9,19,085
51,^9,233
93,21,690
70,67,420

3. Customs
1,11,898
3,85,800
5>8o>350
6,75,000
29,64,169

4. Transport

—
30,87,834

5 Judicial
1,20,207
1,27,295
2,14,983
3,73,ooo
8,21,145

6 Medical
6i,345
87,180
i,39,887
4,63,750
20,31,542

7. Education
6,500
23»53°
35,5^0
1,80,000
8,86,808

8 Police
1,99,146
2,86,975
8,90,163
12,04,080
22,71,389

9 Jails
20,126
44,460
98,517
1,67,400
5,44,304

10. Public Works
—
i,o5>45°
4,61,400
8,74,700
49,63,292

ii. Posts
—

—

23,74,831

12. Telegraphs
—
—
—
—
8,19,868

13. Survey
—
—
—
—
94,859

14. Irrigation
—
—
—
—
38,78,605

15. Agriculture
—
—
—
—
3,81,738

1 6. Levies
—
—
— •
—
66,49,490

Totals
16,22,344
31,63,200
100,28,286
166,49,720
461,98,008

* Includes Salaries, Secret Service, Subsistence Allowances, Sea Passages,
Telegrams, Stationery, Press, etc.
Figures for all years, except 1919-20, based on Review C. Admin., 1914-1920,
p. 119. Figures for 1919-20 based on actuals in Budget Estimates, 1920-21, p. iii.
During the same period only Rs.6,500 were spent on pro-
moting education, or 0.4 per cent of the civil expenditure,
Rs. 16,22,344. * In the following fiscal year,2 however, Rs.
1 Note by Financial Secretary in Review C. Admin., 1914-1920, p. 119. For
table of expenditures by heads, see Table I.
2 April ist to March 3ist.
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